darknet
darknet noun: a network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.
Noun
darknet (plural darknets)
- A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.
- Despite all the openness of the Internet, there are still places you cannot saunter into on the Web. You must be invited. These are “darknets”: exclusive peer-to-peer networks in which membership is based on circles of trust, whose activities are veiled from the general public.2005 October 5, Tim Gnatek, “Darknets: Virtual Parties With a Select Group of Invitees”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of darknet
| plural | darknets |
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Origin of darknet
From dark + net.
Words formed from darknet
Phrases with darknet
Questions about darknet
- What does darknet mean?
- Darknet means a network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.
- What part of speech is darknet?
- Darknet is a noun.
- What is the plural of darknet?
- The plural of darknet is darknets.
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